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Chocolatier Jennifer Lindsey-Clarke added the finishing touches to bust of King Charles III
A life-sized bust of the King has been made from much than 17 litres (3.7 gallons) of melted cocoa up of his coronation.
The sculpture, which weighs much than 23kg (51lbs), was created utilizing astir 2,875 Celebrations chocolates.
It took 4 weeks to marque and shows Charles successful the uniform helium is expected to deterioration connected 6 May.
Miniature bars of Snickers, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Galaxy and Bounty were among those utilized to decorate the model.
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Image caption,The instauration is acceptable to spell connected show astatine the confectionery firm's office successful Slough
It was created by a squad of chocolatiers and exemplary makers for Slough-based confectionery steadfast Mars Wrigley's.
It was designed to amusement a illustration presumption of King Charles III arsenic adjacent arsenic imaginable to the representation which volition soon grace stamps, coins and slope notes.
Emily Owen, elder marque manager, said: "The squad studied hours of footage of the King to seizure his existent likeness and the resemblance is uncanny."
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Image caption,The squad studied hours of footage of the King to seizure his existent likeness
The bust is acceptable to spell connected show astatine the firm's office successful Slough.
The King, who volition beryllium crowned on with Camilla, the Queen Consort, volition beryllium the 40th reigning monarch crowned determination since 1066.
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